PlayersSouth Africa

AN Petersen

Top-order batter, South Africa, 36 Tests, 2010-2015. Debut v India, 2010

33.9Adjusted average, 98th of 143 batters. Raw 34.9, so −1.0 for how hard his runs were. It could reasonably be anywhere from 26.3 to 42.9.

Where the −1.0 comes from

The bowling he faced−3.6

Home or away+2.3

The grounds+0.3

Value per innings: 31.6123rd
Each run worth: 0.96×
At home, adjusted: 29.7raw 34.3
Away, adjusted: 38.1raw 35.3

Head to head with M Vijay His T20 ratings

Where his adjusted average could be. The shaded part is the 89% range; the taller the curve, the likelier.

Where he sits

95GS BallanceEngland34.3 96WA YoungNew Zealand34.2 97M VijayIndia34.1

98AN PetersenSouth Africa33.9

99SC WilliamsZimbabwe33.9 100JP DuminySouth Africa33.7 101J BlackwoodWest Indies33.6

Every batter on one chart

Closest to him, head to head

SC WilliamsZimbabwe33.9Head to head JP DuminySouth Africa33.7Head to head M VijayIndia34.1Head to head J BlackwoodWest Indies33.6Head to head

Season by seasonBatting, as recorded

Year	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	SR
2010	15	529	100	35.27	1	3	53.5
2011	2	43	22	21.50	0	0	45.7
2012	19	815	182	47.94	3	2	49.9
2013	14	438	106	33.69	1	2	52.6
2014	12	226	53	20.55	0	1	55.8
2015	2	42	42	21.00	0	0	45.7
Career	64	2093	182	34.88	5	8	51.8

Percentile rankingsvs all Test batters (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Adjusted avg

Value / inns

31.6

Volume

Runs

2093

Average

34.88

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

38.5

Strike rate

51.8

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

37.72

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg	100
India	11	481	48.10	1
New Zealand	8	388	48.50	2
Australia	10	265	26.50	0
Pakistan	12	251	20.92	0
England	5	244	61.00	1
West Indies	10	237	23.70	0
Sri Lanka	6	178	35.60	1
Zimbabwe	2	49	49.00	0

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
West Indies	1	21.00	1/2	0

Home & away

Home

34.29bat avg

29.7adjusted

—bowl avg

Away

37.72bat avg

38.1adjusted

41bowl avg

Neutral

25.14bat avg

—bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	20	979	48.95
2nd	16	548	34.25
3rd	15	373	26.64
4th	13	193	19.30

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v West Indies42 & 0Newlands, Cape Town2015-01-02 v West Indies17St George's Park, Port Elizabeth2014-12-26 v West Indies27SuperSport Park, Centurion2014-12-17 v Zimbabwe32 & 17Harare Sports Club2014-08-09 v Sri Lanka2 & 0Sinhalese Sports Club Ground2014-07-24 v Sri Lanka34 & 32Galle International Stadium2014-07-16 v Australia53 & 9Newlands, Cape Town2014-03-01 v Australia2 & 1SuperSport Park, Centurion2014-02-12 v India62 & 31Kingsmead, Durban2013-12-26 v India21 & 76Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg2013-12-18

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 64
Not outs: 4
Runs: 2093
Average: 34.88
Strike rate: 51.8
Highest: 182
Hundreds: 5
Fifties: 8
Ducks: 3

Wickets: 1
Average: 62.00
Economy: 3.26
Strike rate: 114
Best: 1/2
5 wickets: 0
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 114